SLOVENIAN scientist Viktorija Hozjan is hoping her football team finds the perfect formula for beating England this afternoon.

Ms Hozjan, a research assistant in an Oxford University biology laboratory, is meeting fellow countrymen in London to watch the big game.

The 38-year-old, who lives in Oxford, said: “I think Slovenia will win the game, because their players are more relaxed.The England players are not playing as a team, it’s like climbing a mountain without a map.

“Usually I watch the World Cup games at the Oxford University Club, in Mansfield Road, but there aren’t many Slovenians in Oxford so I’m going to watch the game at a pub in London where the Slovenian Society is meeting.”